Hot-dish-removing device



Dec. 10, 1929. L. .1. JAKUBOWSKI HOT DISH REMOVING DEVICE Filed March20, 1929 IN VEN TOR.

V. W m 0 T. w M K w W 0Y B Patented Dec. 10, 1929 PATE HOT-DISH-REMOVINGDEVICE Application filed March 20, 1929. Serial No. 848,414.

This invention relates generally to kitchen safety appliances and hasmore particular reference to a novel device for removing dishes from hotovens.

The invention has tor an object the provision of a device of the classmentioned, which is 01 simple durable construction, desirable in use andefficient in action, and which can v be manufactured and sold at areasonable cost.

The invention proposes the use or a scoop provided with a flat base, avertical front and vertical sides, a stationary handle being securedupon tire front face or" the said vertical front, and handle supportsbeing mounted on the top edges of the said vertical sides for supportinga movable handle adapted to assume a horizontal or a vertical position.In removing dishes from a hot oven it is intended to force the scoopbeneath the dishes by handling with the stationary handle and alterpartially withdrawing the scoop from over the oven, moving the movablehandle to a vertical position and thus insuring full sup- 25 port of thescoop. i

F or further comprehension of the inven tion, and of the objects andadvantages there of, reference will be had to the following descrip ionano accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying erawing forming a material part of this disclosure:

F 1 is a perspective view 01' a device constructed according to thisinvention.

2 is a similar view with the movable handle in a vertical position.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but disclosing a modified formthereof.

Fig. 41 is a similar view to Fig. 1, but disclosing further modifiedterm thereof.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but disclosing another modifiedform.

6 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but di closing a still further modifiedform of the device.

The reference er lly a flat base front 11 and vertical sides 12.

numeral 10 indicates genof a scoop having a vertical A stationary handle13 is secured upon the front face or the vertical front 11 and consistsof longitudinal handles or posts ll connected by a trans verse wire 15having a tube 16 secured at its center. Handle supports 17 are mountedupon the top edges of the said vertical sides 12 and connect with amovable handle 18 consisting oi hmgitudinal arms 19 directly connectedon one ot' their ends with the said handle supports and oined at theirother ends by transverse arm 20 provided with a tube 21 situated at itscenter.

For removing dishes from a hot oven the movable handle 18 is allowed toremain in a horizontal position as shown in Fig. 1. The dishes are'lforced upon the scoop by manipug the device by manually grasping thestationary handle 13 and 11: 1 ing it rearwards. After dishes have beenslid upon the scoop, said scoop may be partially withdrawn oil the evenby pulling forwards on the handle 13 and then the movable handle 18 israised to a vertical position as illustrated in 2, for supporting therear end of the device. A person holding both the handle 18 and thehandle 18 may safely move the device to a table remote from the said hotoven.

in Fig. 3 a modified form t' the device has been. illustrated in which astationary handle 13 has been shown consisting of a ll-shaped wire 22fixed upon the front face ol the vertical front 11 and having a tube 23on the bent portion of the said U-shaped wire. The movable handle 18consists of longitudinal arms 19 engaging the handle supports 17 andprovided with a t *ansverse arm 20 ha in who 24: thereon. In Fig. 1 themovable handle rests upon the longitudinal posts 1 1 of the stationaryhandle and in Fig. 3 upon the wire 22. i

In the modified form of the device illustrated in Fig. 4: a stationaryhandle 13 has been shown consisting of lbshaped wire 25, with armsexceptionally closed relative to the arms of the U-shaped wireillustrated in Fig. 3. A tubular member 9.3 is engaged upon t-he bend ofthe U-shaped wire 95. movable handle 18 similar to that ilh in Fig. 1.rests upon the arms ot the shaped wire 1'25.

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In the modified form of the device illustrated in Fig. 5, a U-shapedmember of a smaller length than the member 25 in Fig. 4 is shownattached upon the front face of the front vertical end 11 of the scoop.The mova .ble' handle'18 extends materially in front of the stationaryhandle 13 constituting the said U-shaped member 25 and a tube 21.

' In the modified form illustrated in Fig. 6, the Vertical sides 12 ofthe scoop are formed by turning up the edges of the fiat base 10 antthen turning a portion thereof. downwards. A horizontal handle l3 haslongitudinal arms 28 slidably engaged within the vertical sides 12. Pins29 project from the longitudinal portions of the handle and engage inelongated slots 30 in the said vertical sides for limitin the horizontalmovement of the handle. The movable handle 18 is the same as thatdescribed relative to the previous forms of the device. A long tubularmember 7 31 is engaged upon in the transverse portion of the horizontalhandle l'3 The advantage of the movable horizontal handle consists inthat when the scoop is forced beneath hot dishes the pins 29 act againstthe rear ends of the slot 30 and when the handle 13 is drawn completelyoutwards the pins 29 act against hot stove may be forced upon the flatbase of the scoop by pushing the scoop rearwards by means of'thestationary handle 13. After the dishes have thus been forced upon thefiat base of the scoop it maybe pulled forwards and then the movablehandle may be raised to its vertical'position. The device may then betransferred to a table by manually supporting it'at its stationaryhandle and at its movable handle in the raised position. 1

While I have shown and described .the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise construction herein disclosed and the right is reserved to allchanges and modifications coming within'the scope of the in V ventionasdefined in the appended claims.

7 Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is 1. A device for removingdishes from a hot oven, comprising a scoop with a stationary fronthandle and a movable handle mounted on the sides of the scoop, andarranged'for assuming a horizontal and a vertical position, in ahorizontal position the movable handle being capable of resting upon thestationary handle. j

'2. A device for removing dishes from a hot oven,.comprising a scoophaving a fiat base, a vertical front and vertical sides, a stationaryhandle mounted on the front face of the vertical front handle supportsmounted'on the top of said vertical sides, and a movable handlepivotally mounted on the handle supports and provided with longitudinalarms pivotally connected 011 the handle supports and a transverse armconnected between the longitudinal arms and arranged for resting uponthe stationary handle when the movable arm is in a horizontal position.

3. A device for removing dishes from a hot oven, comprising a scoophaving a fiat base, a vertical front and vertical sides, a stationaryhandle mounted on the front face of the vertical front, handle supportsmounted on the top of said vertical sides, and a movable handlepivotally mounted on the handle supports and provided with longitudinalarms pivotally connected on the handle supports and a transverse armconnected between the longitudinal arms and arranged for resting uponthe stationary handle when the movable arm is in a horizontal position.

4. A device for removing dishes from a hot oven, comprising a scoophaving a flat base, a vertical front and vertical sides, a stationaryhandle mounted on the front face of the vertical front, handle supportsmounted on the top of said vertical sides, and a movable handlepivotally mounted on the handle supports and provided with longitudinalarms pivotally connected on the handle supports and a transverse armconnected between the longitudinal arms and arranged for resting uponthe stationary handle when the movable arm is in a horizontal position,said handle supports project above the top edges of the vertical sides.

5. A device for removing dishes from a hot oven, comprising a scoophaving a flat base, a vertical front and vertical sides, a horizontalhandle slidably mounted in the sides and disposed before the front faceof the vertical front, handle supports mounted on the top of saidvertical sides, and a movable handle pivotally mounted on the handlesupports and provided with longitudinal arms pivotally connected on thehandle supports and a transverse arm connected between the longitudinalarms and arranged for resting upon the hori- 'zontal handle when themovable arm is in a horizontal position, said horizontal handle havingprojecting pins engaging in slots in the vertical sides to limit itshorizontal motion.

In testimony whereof I have allixcd my signature.

LEON J. JAKUBOIVSKI.

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